Merge branch 'release-5.15.8' into blead

27 files changed, 940 insertions, 397 deletions

diff --git a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
index ed9ddadc1f..94396716ab 100644
--- a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
+++ b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ alignbytes='4'
 ansi2knr=''
 aphostname='/bin/hostname'
 api_revision='5'
-api_subversion='7'
+api_subversion='8'
 api_version='15'
-api_versionstring='5.15.7'
+api_versionstring='5.15.8'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.7/armv4l-linux'
-archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.7/armv4l-linux'
+archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.8/armv4l-linux'
+archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.8/armv4l-linux'
 archname64=''
 archname='armv4l-linux'
 archobjs=''
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ castflags='0'
 cat='cat'
 cc='cc'
 cccdlflags='-fpic'
-ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.7/armv4l-linux/CORE'
+ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.8/armv4l-linux/CORE'
 ccflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccflags_uselargefiles='-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccname='arm-linux-gcc'
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.7/armv4l-linux'
+installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.8/armv4l-linux'
 installbin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installhtml1dir=''
 installhtml3dir=''
@@ -736,13 +736,13 @@ installman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installprefix='./install_me_here/usr'
 installprefixexp='./install_me_here/usr'
-installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.7'
+installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.8'
 installscript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.7/armv4l-linux'
+installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.8/armv4l-linux'
 installsitebin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.7'
+installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.8'
 installsiteman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installsiteman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installsitescript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
@@ -871,8 +871,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.7'
-privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.7'
+privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.8'
+privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.8'
 procselfexe='"/proc/self/exe"'
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -937,17 +937,17 @@ sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 sig_num_init='0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 6, 17, 29, 31, 0'
 sig_size='68'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.7/armv4l-linux'
-sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.7/armv4l-linux'
+sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.8/armv4l-linux'
+sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.8/armv4l-linux'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.7'
+sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.8'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.7'
+sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.8'
 siteman1dir='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/usr/share/man/man3'
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/usr/include/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='7'
+subversion='8'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1076,8 +1076,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.15.7'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 15 subversion 7'
+version='5.15.8'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 15 subversion 8'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 voidflags='15'
@@ -1092,9 +1092,9 @@ config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=15
-PERL_SUBVERSION=7
+PERL_SUBVERSION=8
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=15
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=7
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=8
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770 b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770
index 325def7be0..2ff3844129 100644
--- a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770
+++ b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ alignbytes='4'
 ansi2knr=''
 aphostname='/bin/hostname'
 api_revision='5'
-api_subversion='7'
+api_subversion='8'
 api_version='15'
-api_versionstring='5.15.7'
+api_versionstring='5.15.8'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.7/armv4l-linux'
-archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.7/armv4l-linux'
+archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.8/armv4l-linux'
+archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.8/armv4l-linux'
 archname64=''
 archname='armv4l-linux'
 archobjs=''
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ castflags='0'
 cat='cat'
 cc='arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc'
 cccdlflags='-fpic'
-ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.7/armv4l-linux/CORE'
+ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.8/armv4l-linux/CORE'
 ccflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccflags_uselargefiles='-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccname='arm-linux-gcc'
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.7/armv4l-linux'
+installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.8/armv4l-linux'
 installbin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installhtml1dir=''
 installhtml3dir=''
@@ -711,13 +711,13 @@ installman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installprefix='./install_me_here/usr'
 installprefixexp='./install_me_here/usr'
-installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.7'
+installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.8'
 installscript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.7/armv4l-linux'
+installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.8/armv4l-linux'
 installsitebin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.7'
+installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.8'
 installsiteman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installsiteman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installsitescript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
@@ -845,8 +845,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.7'
-privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.7'
+privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.8'
+privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.8'
 procselfexe='"/proc/self/exe"'
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -907,17 +907,17 @@ sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 sig_num_init='0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 6, 17, 29, 31, 0'
 sig_size='68'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.7/armv4l-linux'
-sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.7/armv4l-linux'
+sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.8/armv4l-linux'
+sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.8/armv4l-linux'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.7'
+sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.8'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.7'
+sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.8'
 siteman1dir='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/usr/share/man/man3'
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/usr/include/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='7'
+subversion='8'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1040,8 +1040,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.15.7'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 15 subversion 7'
+version='5.15.8'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 15 subversion 8'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 voidflags='15'
@@ -1056,9 +1056,9 @@ config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=15
-PERL_SUBVERSION=7
+PERL_SUBVERSION=8
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=15
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=7
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=8
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 748b2c6325..7ebc3dbb3f 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ The directories set up by Configure fall into three broad categories.
 
 =item Directories for the perl distribution
 
-By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.15.7.
+By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.15.8.
 $version is the full perl version number, including subversion, e.g.
 5.12.3, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos,
 determined by Configure.  The full definitions of all Configure
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ must contain a space separated list of directories under the site_perl
 directory, and has to include architecture-dependent directories separately,
 eg.
 
-       sh Configure -Dinc_version_list="5.15.7/x86_64-linux 5.14.0" ...
+       sh Configure -Dinc_version_list="5.15.8/x86_64-linux 5.14.0" ...
 
 When using the newer perl, you can add these paths again in the
 PERL5LIB environment variable or with perl's -I runtime option.
@@ -2375,9 +2375,9 @@ won't interfere with another version.  (The defaults guarantee this for
 libraries after 5.6.0, but not for executables. TODO?)  One convenient
 way to do this is by using a separate prefix for each version, such as
 
-	sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.15.7
+	sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.15.8
 
-and adding /opt/perl5.15.7/bin to the shell PATH variable.  Such users
+and adding /opt/perl5.15.8/bin to the shell PATH variable.  Such users
 may also wish to add a symbolic link /usr/local/bin/perl so that
 scripts can still start with #!/usr/local/bin/perl.
 
@@ -2392,11 +2392,11 @@ yet.
 
 =head2 Upgrading from 5.15.6 or earlier
 
-B<Perl 5.15.7 is binary incompatible with Perl 5.15.6 and any earlier
+B<Perl 5.15.8 is binary incompatible with Perl 5.15.6 and any earlier
 Perl release.>  Perl modules having binary parts
 (meaning that a C compiler is used) will have to be recompiled to be
-used with 5.15.7.  If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
-5.15.7, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
+used with 5.15.8.  If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
+5.15.8, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
 installations.  (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5">
 above.)
 
@@ -2429,15 +2429,15 @@ Firstly, the bare minimum to run this script
      print("$f\n");
   }
 
-in Linux with perl-5.15.7 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}):
+in Linux with perl-5.15.8 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}):
 
   ./bin/perl
-  ./lib/perl5/5.15.7/strict.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.15.7/warnings.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.15.7/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.15.7/feature.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.15.7/XSLoader.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.15.7/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so
+  ./lib/perl5/5.15.8/strict.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.15.8/warnings.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.15.8/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.15.8/feature.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.15.8/XSLoader.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.15.8/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so
 
 Secondly, for perl-5.10.1, the Debian perl-base package contains 591 files,
 (of which 510 are for lib/unicore) totaling about 3.5MB in its i386 version.
diff --git a/META.yml b/META.yml
index baca0b2a19..4e9d3f3c97 100644
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: perl
-version: 5.015007
+version: 5.015008
 abstract: The Perl 5 language interpreter
 author: perl5-porters@perl.org
 license: perl
diff --git a/NetWare/Makefile b/NetWare/Makefile
index 7491300e6d..f21ac5cbf7 100644
--- a/NetWare/Makefile
+++ b/NetWare/Makefile
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ NLM_VERSION    = 3,20,0
 
 
 # Here comes the CW tools - TO BE FILLED TO BUILD WITH CW -
-MODULE_DESC     = "Perl 5.15.7 for NetWare"
+MODULE_DESC     = "Perl 5.15.8 for NetWare"
 CCTYPE          = CodeWarrior
 C_COMPILER		= mwccnlm -c
 CPP_COMPILER	= mwccnlm
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ INST_NW_TOP2 = $(INST_NW_DRV)\perl
 # versioned installation can be obtained by setting INST_TOP above to a
 # path that includes an arbitrary version string.
 #
-INST_VER	= \5.15.7
+INST_VER	= \5.15.8
 
 #
 # Comment this out if you DON'T want your perl installation to have
diff --git a/NetWare/config_H.wc b/NetWare/config_H.wc
index 47ef84072a..825b2b018b 100644
--- a/NetWare/config_H.wc
+++ b/NetWare/config_H.wc
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of ARCHLIB, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define ARCHLIB "c:\\perl\\5.15.7\\lib\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"		/**/
+#define ARCHLIB "c:\\perl\\5.15.8\\lib\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"		/**/
 /*#define ARCHLIB_EXP ""	/**/
 
 /* ARCHNAME:
@@ -1079,8 +1079,8 @@
  *	This symbol is the filename expanded version of the BIN symbol, for
  *	programs that do not want to deal with that at run-time.
  */
-#define BIN "c:\\perl\\5.15.7\\bin\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
-#define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.15.7\\bin\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
+#define BIN "c:\\perl\\5.15.8\\bin\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
+#define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.15.8\\bin\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
 
 /* BYTEORDER:
  *	This symbol holds the hexadecimal constant defined in byteorder,
@@ -3063,7 +3063,7 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of SITEARCH, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define SITEARCH "c:\\perl\\site\\5.15.7\\lib\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"		/**/
+#define SITEARCH "c:\\perl\\site\\5.15.8\\lib\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"		/**/
 /*#define SITEARCH_EXP ""	/**/
 
 /* SITELIB:
@@ -3086,7 +3086,7 @@
  *	removed.  The elements in inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U) can
  *	be tacked onto this variable to generate a list of directories to search.
  */
-#define SITELIB "c:\\perl\\site\\5.15.7\\lib"		/**/
+#define SITELIB "c:\\perl\\site\\5.15.8\\lib"		/**/
 /*#define SITELIB_EXP ""	/**/
 #define SITELIB_STEM ""		/**/
 
diff --git a/Porting/config.sh b/Porting/config.sh
index 44dd488bf3..c0b78a13d7 100644
--- a/Porting/config.sh
+++ b/Porting/config.sh
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ alignbytes='4'
 ansi2knr=''
 aphostname=''
 api_revision='5'
-api_subversion='7'
+api_subversion='8'
 api_version='15'
-api_versionstring='5.15.7'
+api_versionstring='5.15.8'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.15.7/i686-linux-64int'
-archlibexp='/opt/perl/lib/5.15.7/i686-linux-64int'
+archlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.15.8/i686-linux-64int'
+archlibexp='/opt/perl/lib/5.15.8/i686-linux-64int'
 archname64='64int'
 archname='i686-linux-64int'
 archobjs=''
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
 initialinstalllocation='/opt/perl/bin'
-installarchlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.15.7/i686-linux-64int'
+installarchlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.15.8/i686-linux-64int'
 installbin='/opt/perl/bin'
 installhtml1dir=''
 installhtml3dir=''
@@ -754,13 +754,13 @@ installman1dir='/opt/perl/man/man1'
 installman3dir='/opt/perl/man/man3'
 installprefix='/opt/perl'
 installprefixexp='/opt/perl'
-installprivlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.15.7'
+installprivlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.15.8'
 installscript='/opt/perl/bin'
-installsitearch='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.15.7/i686-linux-64int'
+installsitearch='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.15.8/i686-linux-64int'
 installsitebin='/opt/perl/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.15.7'
+installsitelib='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.15.8'
 installsiteman1dir='/opt/perl/man/man1'
 installsiteman3dir='/opt/perl/man/man3'
 installsitescript='/opt/perl/bin'
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ perl_patchlevel='34948'
 perl_static_inline='static __inline__'
 perladmin='yourname@yourhost.yourplace.com'
 perllibs='-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc'
-perlpath='/opt/perl/bin/perl5.15.7'
+perlpath='/opt/perl/bin/perl5.15.8'
 pg='pg'
 phostname=''
 pidtype='pid_t'
@@ -892,8 +892,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/opt/perl'
 prefixexp='/opt/perl'
-privlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.15.7'
-privlibexp='/opt/perl/lib/5.15.7'
+privlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.15.8'
+privlibexp='/opt/perl/lib/5.15.8'
 procselfexe='"/proc/self/exe"'
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -959,17 +959,17 @@ sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 sig_num_init='0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 6, 17, 29, 31, 0'
 sig_size='69'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.15.7/i686-linux-64int'
-sitearchexp='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.15.7/i686-linux-64int'
+sitearch='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.15.8/i686-linux-64int'
+sitearchexp='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.15.8/i686-linux-64int'
 sitebin='/opt/perl/bin'
 sitebinexp='/opt/perl/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.15.7'
+sitelib='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.15.8'
 sitelib_stem='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.15.7'
+sitelibexp='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.15.8'
 siteman1dir='/opt/perl/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/opt/perl/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/opt/perl/man/man3'
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ src='.'
 ssizetype='ssize_t'
 st_ino_sign='1'
 st_ino_size='4'
-startperl='#!/opt/perl/bin/perl5.15.7'
+startperl='#!/opt/perl/bin/perl5.15.8'
 startsh='#!/bin/sh'
 static_ext=' '
 stdchar='char'
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/usr/include/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='7'
+subversion='8'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1098,8 +1098,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.15.7'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 15 subversion 7'
+version='5.15.8'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 15 subversion 8'
 versiononly='define'
 vi=''
 voidflags='15'
@@ -1123,10 +1123,10 @@ config_arg8='-Dusedevel'
 config_arg9='-dE'
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=15
-PERL_SUBVERSION=7
+PERL_SUBVERSION=8
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=15
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=7
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=8
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=34948
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
 : Variables propagated from previous config.sh file.
diff --git a/Porting/config_H b/Porting/config_H
index c28374fd87..01b9f38918 100644
--- a/Porting/config_H
+++ b/Porting/config_H
@@ -966,8 +966,8 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of ARCHLIB, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define ARCHLIB "/pro/lib/perl5/5.15.7/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
-#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/5.15.7/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
+#define ARCHLIB "/pro/lib/perl5/5.15.8/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
+#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/5.15.8/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
 
 /* ARCHNAME:
  *	This symbol holds a string representing the architecture name.
@@ -2074,8 +2074,8 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of PRIVLIB, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define PRIVLIB "/pro/lib/perl5/5.15.7"		/**/
-#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/5.15.7"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB "/pro/lib/perl5/5.15.8"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/5.15.8"		/**/
 
 /* PTRSIZE:
  *	This symbol contains the size of a pointer, so that the C preprocessor
@@ -2125,8 +2125,8 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of SITEARCH, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define SITEARCH "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.7/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
-#define SITEARCH_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.7/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
+#define SITEARCH "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.8/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
+#define SITEARCH_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.8/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
 
 /* SITELIB:
  *	This symbol contains the name of the private library for this package.
@@ -2148,8 +2148,8 @@
  *	removed.  The elements in inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U) can
  *	be tacked onto this variable to generate a list of directories to search.
  */
-#define SITELIB "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.7"		/**/
-#define SITELIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.7"		/**/
+#define SITELIB "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.8"		/**/
+#define SITELIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.8"		/**/
 #define SITELIB_STEM "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl"		/**/
 
 /* SSize_t:
@@ -4369,7 +4369,7 @@
  *	script to make sure (one hopes) that it runs with perl and not
  *	some shell.
  */
-#define STARTPERL "#!/pro/bin/perl5.15.7"		/**/
+#define STARTPERL "#!/pro/bin/perl5.15.8"		/**/
 
 /* HAS_STDIO_STREAM_ARRAY:
  *	This symbol, if defined, tells that there is an array
diff --git a/Porting/perl5160delta.pod b/Porting/perl5160delta.pod
index 885a5bab46..f897c98a62 100644
--- a/Porting/perl5160delta.pod
+++ b/Porting/perl5160delta.pod
@@ -3311,7 +3311,7 @@ here.
 
 XXX Generate this with:
 
-  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.15.7..HEAD
+  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.15.8..HEAD
 
 =head1 Reporting Bugs
 
diff --git a/Porting/perldelta_template.pod b/Porting/perldelta_template.pod
index 981da5d9d5..3820b0718c 100644
--- a/Porting/perldelta_template.pod
+++ b/Porting/perldelta_template.pod
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ here.
 
 XXX Generate this with:
 
-  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.15.7..HEAD
+  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.15.8..HEAD
 
 =head1 Reporting Bugs
 
diff --git a/README.haiku b/README.haiku
index 2518ddc96a..816ad5a6a8 100644
--- a/README.haiku
+++ b/README.haiku
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ The build procedure is completely standard:
 Make perl executable and create a symlink for libperl:
 
   chmod a+x /boot/common/bin/perl
-  cd /boot/common/lib; ln -s perl5/5.15.7/BePC-haiku/CORE/libperl.so .
+  cd /boot/common/lib; ln -s perl5/5.15.8/BePC-haiku/CORE/libperl.so .
 
-Replace C<5.15.7> with your respective version of Perl.
+Replace C<5.15.8> with your respective version of Perl.
 
 =head1 KNOWN PROBLEMS
 
diff --git a/README.os2 b/README.os2
index 67dcb79b81..2a6edf446b 100644
--- a/README.os2
+++ b/README.os2
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ C<set PERLLIB_PREFIX> in F<Config.sys>, see L<"PERLLIB_PREFIX">.
 
 =item Additional Perl modules
 
-  unzip perl_ste.zip -d f:/perllib/lib/site_perl/5.15.7/
+  unzip perl_ste.zip -d f:/perllib/lib/site_perl/5.15.8/
 
 Same remark as above applies.  Additionally, if this directory is not
 one of directories on @INC (and @INC is influenced by C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>), you
diff --git a/README.vms b/README.vms
index d3bdf2e59a..b830c44fc7 100644
--- a/README.vms
+++ b/README.vms
@@ -154,12 +154,12 @@ recent versions of vmstar (e.g. V3.4 or later).  Contrary to advice
 provided with previous versions of Perl, do I<not> use the ODS-2
 compatibility qualifier.  Instead, use a command like the following:
 
-    vmstar -xvf perl-5^.15^.7.tar
+    vmstar -xvf perl-5^.15^.8.tar
 
 Then rename the top-level source directory like so:
 
-    set security/protection=(o:rwed) perl-5^.15^.7.dir
-    rename perl-5^.15^.7.dir perl-5_15_7.dir
+    set security/protection=(o:rwed) perl-5^.15^.8.dir
+    rename perl-5^.15^.8.dir perl-5_15_8.dir
 
 The reason for this last step is that while filenames with multiple dots
 are generally supported by Perl on VMS, I<directory> names with multiple
diff --git a/dist/Module-CoreList/Changes b/dist/Module-CoreList/Changes
index 26cf535da6..91f639fc39 100644
--- a/dist/Module-CoreList/Changes
+++ b/dist/Module-CoreList/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2.61 Fri Feb 20 2012
+  - Updated for v5.15.8
+
 2.60 Fri Jan 20 2012
   - Updated for v5.15.7
 
diff --git a/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm b/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
index 68afa06316..ea3c3addb6 100644
--- a/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
+++ b/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package Module::CoreList;
 use strict;
 use vars qw/$VERSION %released %version %families %upstream
 	    %bug_tracker %deprecated/;
-$VERSION = '2.60';
+$VERSION = '2.61';
 
 =head1 NAME
 
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ Module::CoreList currently covers the 5.000, 5.001, 5.002, 5.003_07,
 5.11.2, 5.11.3, 5.11.4, 5.11.5, 5.12.0, 5.12.1, 5.12.2, 5.12.3, 5.12.4,
 5.13.0, 5.13.1, 5.13.2, 5.13.3, 5.13.4, 5.13.5, 5.13.6, 5.13.7, 5.13.8,
 5.13.9, 5.13.10, 5.13.11, 5.14.0, 5.14.1, 5.14.2, 5.15.0, 5.15.1, 5.15.2,
-5.15.3, 5.15.4, 5.15.5, 5.15.6 and 5.15.7 releases of perl.
+5.15.3, 5.15.4, 5.15.5, 5.15.6, 5.15.7 and 5.15.8 releases of perl.
 
 =head1 HISTORY
 
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ sub removed_raw {
     5.015005 => '2011-11-20',
     5.015006 => '2011-12-20',
     5.015007 => '2012-01-20',
+    5.015008 => '2012-02-20',
   );
 
 for my $version ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %released ) {
@@ -31556,6 +31557,689 @@ for my $version ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %released ) {
 	'warnings'              => '1.12',
 	'warnings::register'    => '1.02',
     },
+    5.015008 => {
+	'AnyDBM_File'           => '1.01',
+	'App::Cpan'             => '1.5701',
+	'App::Prove'            => '3.23',
+	'App::Prove::State'     => '3.23',
+	'App::Prove::State::Result'=> '3.23',
+	'App::Prove::State::Result::Test'=> '3.23',
+	'Archive::Extract'      => '0.58',
+	'Archive::Tar'          => '1.82',
+	'Archive::Tar::Constant'=> '1.82',
+	'Archive::Tar::File'    => '1.82',
+	'Attribute::Handlers'   => '0.93',
+	'AutoLoader'            => '5.72',
+	'AutoSplit'             => '1.06',
+	'B'                     => '1.34',
+	'B::Concise'            => '0.88',
+	'B::Debug'              => '1.17',
+	'B::Deparse'            => '1.12',
+	'B::Lint'               => '1.13',
+	'B::Lint::Debug'        => '1.12',
+	'B::Showlex'            => '1.03',
+	'B::Terse'              => '1.06',
+	'B::Xref'               => '1.03',
+	'Benchmark'             => '1.13',
+	'CGI'                   => '3.59',
+	'CGI::Apache'           => '1.01',
+	'CGI::Carp'             => '3.51',
+	'CGI::Cookie'           => '1.30',
+	'CGI::Fast'             => '1.09',
+	'CGI::Pretty'           => '3.46',
+	'CGI::Push'             => '1.05',
+	'CGI::Switch'           => '1.01',
+	'CGI::Util'             => '3.53',
+	'CPAN'                  => '1.9800',
+	'CPAN::Author'          => '5.5001',
+	'CPAN::Bundle'          => '5.5',
+	'CPAN::CacheMgr'        => '5.5001',
+	'CPAN::Complete'        => '5.5',
+	'CPAN::Debug'           => '5.5001',
+	'CPAN::DeferredCode'    => '5.50',
+	'CPAN::Distribution'    => '1.9602',
+	'CPAN::Distroprefs'     => '6',
+	'CPAN::Distrostatus'    => '5.5',
+	'CPAN::Exception::RecursiveDependency'=> '5.5',
+	'CPAN::Exception::blocked_urllist'=> '1.001',
+	'CPAN::Exception::yaml_not_installed'=> '5.5',
+	'CPAN::Exception::yaml_process_error'=> '5.5',
+	'CPAN::FTP'             => '5.5005',
+	'CPAN::FTP::netrc'      => '1.01',
+	'CPAN::FirstTime'       => '5.5303',
+	'CPAN::HTTP::Client'    => '1.9600',
+	'CPAN::HTTP::Credentials'=> '1.9600',
+	'CPAN::HandleConfig'    => '5.5003',
+	'CPAN::Index'           => '1.9600',
+	'CPAN::InfoObj'         => '5.5',
+	'CPAN::Kwalify'         => '5.50',
+	'CPAN::LWP::UserAgent'  => '1.9600',
+	'CPAN::Meta'            => '2.120351',
+	'CPAN::Meta::Converter' => '2.120351',
+	'CPAN::Meta::Feature'   => '2.120351',
+	'CPAN::Meta::History'   => '2.120351',
+	'CPAN::Meta::Prereqs'   => '2.120351',
+	'CPAN::Meta::Requirements'=> '2.120351',
+	'CPAN::Meta::Spec'      => '2.120351',
+	'CPAN::Meta::Validator' => '2.120351',
+	'CPAN::Meta::YAML'      => '0.007',
+	'CPAN::Mirrors'         => '1.9600',
+	'CPAN::Module'          => '5.5001',
+	'CPAN::Nox'             => '5.50',
+	'CPAN::Prompt'          => '5.5',
+	'CPAN::Queue'           => '5.5001',
+	'CPAN::Shell'           => '5.5002',
+	'CPAN::Tarzip'          => '5.5011',
+	'CPAN::URL'             => '5.5',
+	'CPAN::Version'         => '5.5001',
+	'CPANPLUS'              => '0.9118',
+	'CPANPLUS::Backend'     => undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Backend::RV' => undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Config'      => undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Configure'   => undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Configure::Setup'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Dist'        => undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Dist::Autobundle'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Dist::Base'  => undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Dist::Build' => '0.62',
+	'CPANPLUS::Dist::Build::Constants'=> '0.62',
+	'CPANPLUS::Dist::MM'    => undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Dist::Sample'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Error'       => undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Internals'   => '0.9118',
+	'CPANPLUS::Internals::Constants'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Internals::Constants::Report'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Internals::Extract'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Internals::Fetch'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Internals::Report'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Internals::Search'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Internals::Source'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Internals::Source::Memory'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Internals::Source::SQLite'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Internals::Source::SQLite::Tie'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Internals::Utils'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Internals::Utils::Autoflush'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Module'      => undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Module::Author'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Module::Author::Fake'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Module::Checksums'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Module::Fake'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Module::Signature'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Selfupdate'  => undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Shell'       => undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Shell::Classic'=> '0.0562',
+	'CPANPLUS::Shell::Default'=> '0.9118',
+	'CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::CustomSource'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Remote'=> undef,
+	'CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Source'=> undef,
+	'Carp'                  => '1.25',
+	'Carp::Heavy'           => '1.25',
+	'Class::Struct'         => '0.63',
+	'Compress::Raw::Bzip2'  => '2.048',
+	'Compress::Raw::Zlib'   => '2.048',
+	'Compress::Zlib'        => '2.048',
+	'Config'                => undef,
+	'Config::Extensions'    => '0.01',
+	'Cwd'                   => '3.39_02',
+	'DB'                    => '1.04',
+	'DBM_Filter'            => '0.04',
+	'DBM_Filter::compress'  => '0.02',
+	'DBM_Filter::encode'    => '0.02',
+	'DBM_Filter::int32'     => '0.02',
+	'DBM_Filter::null'      => '0.02',
+	'DBM_Filter::utf8'      => '0.02',
+	'DB_File'               => '1.826',
+	'Data::Dumper'          => '2.135_05',
+	'Devel::InnerPackage'   => '0.4',
+	'Devel::PPPort'         => '3.20',
+	'Devel::Peek'           => '1.08',
+	'Devel::SelfStubber'    => '1.05',
+	'Digest'                => '1.17',
+	'Digest::MD5'           => '2.51',
+	'Digest::SHA'           => '5.70',
+	'Digest::base'          => '1.16',
+	'Digest::file'          => '1.16',
+	'DirHandle'             => '1.04',
+	'Dumpvalue'             => '1.17',
+	'DynaLoader'            => '1.14',
+	'Encode'                => '2.44',
+	'Encode::Alias'         => '2.15',
+	'Encode::Byte'          => '2.04',
+	'Encode::CJKConstants'  => '2.02',
+	'Encode::CN'            => '2.03',
+	'Encode::CN::HZ'        => '2.05',
+	'Encode::Config'        => '2.05',
+	'Encode::EBCDIC'        => '2.02',
+	'Encode::Encoder'       => '2.02',
+	'Encode::Encoding'      => '2.05',
+	'Encode::GSM0338'       => '2.01',
+	'Encode::Guess'         => '2.05',
+	'Encode::JP'            => '2.04',
+	'Encode::JP::H2Z'       => '2.02',
+	'Encode::JP::JIS7'      => '2.04',
+	'Encode::KR'            => '2.03',
+	'Encode::KR::2022_KR'   => '2.02',
+	'Encode::MIME::Header'  => '2.13',
+	'Encode::MIME::Header::ISO_2022_JP'=> '1.03',
+	'Encode::MIME::Name'    => '1.01',
+	'Encode::Symbol'        => '2.02',
+	'Encode::TW'            => '2.03',
+	'Encode::Unicode'       => '2.07',
+	'Encode::Unicode::UTF7' => '2.05',
+	'English'               => '1.05',
+	'Env'                   => '1.03',
+	'Errno'                 => '1.15',
+	'Exporter'              => '5.66',
+	'Exporter::Heavy'       => '5.66',
+	'ExtUtils::CBuilder'    => '0.280205',
+	'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Base'=> '0.280205',
+	'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::Unix'=> '0.280205',
+	'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::VMS'=> '0.280205',
+	'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::Windows'=> '0.280205',
+	'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::Windows::BCC'=> '0.280205',
+	'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::Windows::GCC'=> '0.280205',
+	'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::Windows::MSVC'=> '0.280205',
+	'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::aix'=> '0.280205',
+	'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::cygwin'=> '0.280205',
+	'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::darwin'=> '0.280205',
+	'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::dec_osf'=> '0.280205',
+	'ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::os2'=> '0.280205',
+	'ExtUtils::Command'     => '1.17',
+	'ExtUtils::Command::MM' => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::Constant'    => '0.23',
+	'ExtUtils::Constant::Base'=> '0.05',
+	'ExtUtils::Constant::ProxySubs'=> '0.08',
+	'ExtUtils::Constant::Utils'=> '0.03',
+	'ExtUtils::Constant::XS'=> '0.03',
+	'ExtUtils::Embed'       => '1.30',
+	'ExtUtils::Install'     => '1.58',
+	'ExtUtils::Installed'   => '1.999002',
+	'ExtUtils::Liblist'     => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::Liblist::Kid'=> '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::MM'          => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::MM_AIX'      => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::MM_Any'      => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::MM_BeOS'     => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin'   => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::MM_DOS'      => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::MM_Darwin'   => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::MM_MacOS'    => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::MM_NW5'      => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::MM_OS2'      => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::MM_QNX'      => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::MM_UWIN'     => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::MM_Unix'     => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::MM_VMS'      => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::MM_VOS'      => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::MM_Win32'    => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::MM_Win95'    => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::MY'          => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::MakeMaker'   => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Config'=> '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::Manifest'    => '1.61',
+	'ExtUtils::Miniperl'    => undef,
+	'ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap' => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::Mksymlists'  => '6.63_02',
+	'ExtUtils::Packlist'    => '1.46',
+	'ExtUtils::ParseXS'     => '3.16',
+	'ExtUtils::ParseXS::Constants'=> '3.16',
+	'ExtUtils::ParseXS::CountLines'=> '3.16',
+	'ExtUtils::ParseXS::Utilities'=> '3.16',
+	'ExtUtils::Typemaps'    => '3.16',
+	'ExtUtils::Typemaps::Cmd'=> '3.16',
+	'ExtUtils::Typemaps::InputMap'=> '3.16',
+	'ExtUtils::Typemaps::OutputMap'=> '3.16',
+	'ExtUtils::Typemaps::Type'=> '3.16',
+	'ExtUtils::XSSymSet'    => '1.2',
+	'ExtUtils::testlib'     => '6.63_02',
+	'Fatal'                 => '2.10',
+	'Fcntl'                 => '1.11',
+	'File::Basename'        => '2.84',
+	'File::CheckTree'       => '4.41',
+	'File::Compare'         => '1.1006',
+	'File::Copy'            => '2.23',
+	'File::DosGlob'         => '1.06',
+	'File::Fetch'           => '0.32',
+	'File::Find'            => '1.20',
+	'File::Glob'            => '1.17',
+	'File::GlobMapper'      => '1.000',
+	'File::Path'            => '2.08_01',
+	'File::Spec'            => '3.39_02',
+	'File::Spec::Cygwin'    => '3.39_02',
+	'File::Spec::Epoc'      => '3.39_02',
+	'File::Spec::Functions' => '3.39_02',
+	'File::Spec::Mac'       => '3.39_02',
+	'File::Spec::OS2'       => '3.39_02',
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+	'TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::Perl'=> '3.23',
+	'TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::RawTAP'=> '3.23',
+	'TAP::Parser::Utils'    => '3.23',
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+	'Unicode::Collate::CJK::JISX0208'=> '0.64',
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+	'Unicode::Collate::CJK::Stroke'=> '0.85',
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+	'Version::Requirements' => '0.101022',
+	'Win32'                 => '0.44',
+	'Win32API::File'        => '0.1200',
+	'Win32API::File::ExtUtils::Myconst2perl'=> '1',
+	'Win32CORE'             => '0.02',
+	'XS::APItest'           => '0.36',
+	'XS::Typemap'           => '0.08',
+	'XSLoader'              => '0.16',
+	'_charnames'            => '1.29',
+	'arybase'               => '0.04',
+	'attributes'            => '0.17',
+	'autodie'               => '2.10',
+	'autodie::exception'    => '2.10',
+	'autodie::exception::system'=> '2.10',
+	'autodie::hints'        => '2.10',
+	'autouse'               => '1.07',
+	'base'                  => '2.18',
+	'bigint'                => '0.29',
+	'bignum'                => '0.29',
+	'bigrat'                => '0.29',
+	'blib'                  => '1.06',
+	'bytes'                 => '1.04',
+	'charnames'             => '1.29',
+	'constant'              => '1.23',
+	'deprecate'             => '0.02',
+	'diagnostics'           => '1.28',
+	'encoding'              => '2.6_01',
+	'encoding::warnings'    => '0.11',
+	'feature'               => '1.26',
+	'fields'                => '2.16',
+	'filetest'              => '1.02',
+	'if'                    => '0.0602',
+	'inc::latest'           => '0.39_01',
+	'integer'               => '1.00',
+	'less'                  => '0.03',
+	'lib'                   => '0.63',
+	'locale'                => '1.01',
+	'mro'                   => '1.09',
+	'open'                  => '1.10',
+	'ops'                   => '1.02',
+	'overload'              => '1.18',
+	'overload::numbers'     => undef,
+	'overloading'           => '0.02',
+	'parent'                => '0.225',
+	'perlfaq'               => '5.0150039',
+	're'                    => '0.19',
+	'sigtrap'               => '1.06',
+	'sort'                  => '2.01',
+	'strict'                => '1.06',
+	'subs'                  => '1.01',
+	'threads'               => '1.86',
+	'threads::shared'       => '1.40',
+	'unicore::Name'         => undef,
+	'utf8'                  => '1.09',
+	'vars'                  => '1.02',
+	'version'               => '0.96',
+	'vmsish'                => '1.03',
+	'warnings'              => '1.13',
+	'warnings::register'    => '1.02',
+    },
 );
 
 %deprecated = (
@@ -31692,6 +32376,8 @@ for my $version ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %released ) {
     },
     5.015007 => {
     },
+    5.015008 => {
+    },
 );
 
 %upstream = (
@@ -31810,7 +32496,7 @@ for my $version ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %released ) {
     'Compress::Raw::Zlib'   => 'cpan',
     'Compress::Zlib'        => 'cpan',
     'Cwd'                   => 'blead',
-    'DB_File'               => undef,
+    'DB_File'               => 'cpan',
     'Devel::InnerPackage'   => 'cpan',
     'Devel::PPPort'         => 'cpan',
     'Digest'                => 'cpan',
@@ -31915,7 +32601,7 @@ for my $version ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %released ) {
     'File::Spec::Win32'     => 'blead',
     'File::Temp'            => undef,
     'Filter::Simple'        => 'blead',
-    'Filter::Util::Call'    => undef,
+    'Filter::Util::Call'    => 'cpan',
     'Getopt::Long'          => 'cpan',
     'HTTP::Tiny'            => 'cpan',
     'IO::Compress::Adapter::Bzip2'=> 'cpan',
@@ -32066,30 +32752,30 @@ for my $version ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %released ) {
     'Parse::CPAN::Meta'     => 'cpan',
     'Perl::OSType'          => 'cpan',
     'PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint'=> undef,
-    'Pod::Checker'          => undef,
+    'Pod::Checker'          => 'cpan',
     'Pod::Escapes'          => undef,
-    'Pod::Find'             => undef,
-    'Pod::InputObjects'     => undef,
+    'Pod::Find'             => 'cpan',
+    'Pod::InputObjects'     => 'cpan',
     'Pod::LaTeX'            => undef,
     'Pod::Man'              => 'cpan',
     'Pod::ParseLink'        => 'cpan',
-    'Pod::ParseUtils'       => undef,
-    'Pod::Parser'           => undef,
-    'Pod::Perldoc'          => 'blead',
-    'Pod::Perldoc::BaseTo'  => 'blead',
-    'Pod::Perldoc::GetOptsOO'=> 'blead',
-    'Pod::Perldoc::ToANSI'  => 'blead',
-    'Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker'=> 'blead',
-    'Pod::Perldoc::ToMan'   => 'blead',
-    'Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff' => 'blead',
-    'Pod::Perldoc::ToPod'   => 'blead',
-    'Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf'   => 'blead',
-    'Pod::Perldoc::ToTerm'  => 'blead',
-    'Pod::Perldoc::ToText'  => 'blead',
-    'Pod::Perldoc::ToTk'    => 'blead',
-    'Pod::Perldoc::ToXml'   => 'blead',
-    'Pod::PlainText'        => undef,
-    'Pod::Select'           => undef,
+    'Pod::ParseUtils'       => 'cpan',
+    'Pod::Parser'           => 'cpan',
+    'Pod::Perldoc'          => 'cpan',
+    'Pod::Perldoc::BaseTo'  => 'cpan',
+    'Pod::Perldoc::GetOptsOO'=> 'cpan',
+    'Pod::Perldoc::ToANSI'  => 'cpan',
+    'Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker'=> 'cpan',
+    'Pod::Perldoc::ToMan'   => 'cpan',
+    'Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff' => 'cpan',
+    'Pod::Perldoc::ToPod'   => 'cpan',
+    'Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf'   => 'cpan',
+    'Pod::Perldoc::ToTerm'  => 'cpan',
+    'Pod::Perldoc::ToText'  => 'cpan',
+    'Pod::Perldoc::ToTk'    => 'cpan',
+    'Pod::Perldoc::ToXml'   => 'cpan',
+    'Pod::PlainText'        => 'cpan',
+    'Pod::Select'           => 'cpan',
     'Pod::Simple'           => 'cpan',
     'Pod::Simple::BlackBox' => 'cpan',
     'Pod::Simple::Checker'  => 'cpan',
@@ -32122,7 +32808,7 @@ for my $version ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %released ) {
     'Pod::Text::Color'      => 'cpan',
     'Pod::Text::Overstrike' => 'cpan',
     'Pod::Text::Termcap'    => 'cpan',
-    'Pod::Usage'            => undef,
+    'Pod::Usage'            => 'cpan',
     'Safe'                  => 'blead',
     'Scalar::Util'          => 'cpan',
     'Scalar::Util::PP'      => 'cpan',
@@ -32238,8 +32924,8 @@ for my $version ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %released ) {
     'threads'               => 'blead',
     'threads::shared'       => 'blead',
     'version'               => undef,
-    'warnings'              => undef,
-    'warnings::register'    => undef,
+    'warnings'              => 'blead',
+    'warnings::register'    => 'blead',
 );
 
 %bug_tracker = (
@@ -32778,6 +33464,8 @@ for my $version ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %released ) {
     'threads'               => undef,
     'threads::shared'       => undef,
     'version'               => undef,
+    'warnings'              => undef,
+    'warnings::register'    => undef,
 );
 
 # Create aliases with trailing zeros for $] use
diff --git a/epoc/config.sh b/epoc/config.sh
index d43d192ada..0800fdf75d 100644
--- a/epoc/config.sh
+++ b/epoc/config.sh
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ apirevision=''
 apisubversion=''
 apiversion=''
 ar='arm-epoc-pe-ar'
-archlib='/usr/lib/perl/5.15.7/epoc'
-archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl/5.15.7/epoc'
+archlib='/usr/lib/perl/5.15.8/epoc'
+archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl/5.15.8/epoc'
 archname64=''
 archname='epoc'
 archobjs='epoc.o epocish.o epoc_stubs.o'
@@ -714,16 +714,16 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='/home/of/PERL/perl/lib/5.15.7/epoc'
+installarchlib='/home/of/PERL/perl/lib/5.15.8/epoc'
 installbin='/home/of/PERL/System/Programs/'
 installman1dir='/home/of/PERL/man1'
 installman3dir='/home/of/PERL/man3'
 installprefix=''
 installprefixexp=''
-installprivlib='/home/of/PERL/perl/lib/5.15.7/'
+installprivlib='/home/of/PERL/perl/lib/5.15.8/'
 installscript='/home/of/PERL/bin/'
-installsitearch='/home/of/PERL/site/lib/site_perl/5.15.7/epoc'
-installsitelib='/home/of/PERL/perl/lib/site_perl/5.15.7'
+installsitearch='/home/of/PERL/site/lib/site_perl/5.15.8/epoc'
+installsitelib='/home/of/PERL/perl/lib/site_perl/5.15.8'
 installstyle=''
 installusrbinperl='undef'
 installvendorarch=''
@@ -845,8 +845,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix=''
 prefixexp=''
-privlib='/usr/lib/perl/5.15.7'
-privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl/5.15.7'
+privlib='/usr/lib/perl/5.15.8'
+privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl/5.15.8'
 procselfexe=''
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -909,11 +909,11 @@ sig_num='0'
 sig_num_init='0, 0'
 sig_size='1'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl/5.15.7/epoc'
-sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl/5.15.7/epoc'
-sitelib='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl/5.15.7/'
+sitearch='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl/5.15.8/epoc'
+sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl/5.15.8/epoc'
+sitelib='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl/5.15.8/'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl/5.15.7/'
+sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl/5.15.8/'
 siteprefix=''
 siteprefixexp=''
 sizesize='4'
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ vendorlib_stem=''
 vendorlibexp=''
 vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
-version='5.15.7'
+version='5.15.8'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 voidflags='15'
@@ -1047,10 +1047,10 @@ config_arg10=''
 config_arg11=''
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=15
-PERL_SUBVERSION=7
+PERL_SUBVERSION=8
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=15
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=7
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=8
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
 CONFIGDOTSH=true
 # Variables propagated from previous config.sh file.
diff --git a/epoc/createpkg.pl b/epoc/createpkg.pl
index 425fc8765b..d7fa02ffc6 100644
--- a/epoc/createpkg.pl
+++ b/epoc/createpkg.pl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use File::Find;
 use Cwd;
 
-$VERSION="5.15.7";
+$VERSION="5.15.8";
 $EPOC_VERSION=1;
 
 
diff --git a/hints/catamount.sh b/hints/catamount.sh
index a93932d2b1..e604b3d444 100644
--- a/hints/catamount.sh
+++ b/hints/catamount.sh
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
 # mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount
 # mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/include
 # mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/lib
-# mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.15.7
+# mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.15.8
 # mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/bin
 # cp *.h /opt/perl-catamount/include
 # cp libperl.a /opt/perl-catamount/lib
-# cp -pr lib/* /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.15.7
+# cp -pr lib/* /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.15.8
 # cp miniperl perl run.sh cc.sh /opt/perl-catamount/lib
 #
 # With the headers and the libperl.a you can embed Perl to your Catamount
diff --git a/hints/hpux.sh b/hints/hpux.sh
index d7459e13c6..80d84fcb4f 100644
--- a/hints/hpux.sh
+++ b/hints/hpux.sh
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ case "$ccisgcc" in
 			B3910B*A.06.15)
 			# > cc --version
 			# cc: HP C/aC++ B3910B A.06.15 [May 16 2007]
-			# Has optimizing problems with +O2 for blead (5.15.7),
+			# Has optimizing problems with +O2 for blead (5.15.8),
 			# see https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=103668.
 			#
 			# +O2 +Onolimit +Onoprocelim  +Ostore_ordering \
diff --git a/patchlevel.h b/patchlevel.h
index 849576272a..866a015381 100644
--- a/patchlevel.h
+++ b/patchlevel.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #define PERL_REVISION	5		/* age */
 #define PERL_VERSION	15		/* epoch */
-#define PERL_SUBVERSION	7		/* generation */
+#define PERL_SUBVERSION	8		/* generation */
 
 /* The following numbers describe the earliest compatible version of
    Perl ("compatibility" here being defined as sufficient binary/API
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 */
 #define PERL_API_REVISION	5
 #define PERL_API_VERSION	15
-#define PERL_API_SUBVERSION	7
+#define PERL_API_SUBVERSION	8
 /*
    XXX Note:  The selection of non-default Configure options, such
    as -Duselonglong may invalidate these settings.  Currently, Configure
diff --git a/plan9/config.plan9 b/plan9/config.plan9
index 7f7998ad67..25cc3c248f 100644
--- a/plan9/config.plan9
+++ b/plan9/config.plan9
@@ -3385,8 +3385,8 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of PRIVLIB, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define PRIVLIB "/sys/lib/perl/5.15.7"		/**/
-#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/sys/lib/perl/5.15.7"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB "/sys/lib/perl/5.15.8"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/sys/lib/perl/5.15.8"		/**/
 
 /* PTRSIZE:
  *	This symbol contains the size of a pointer, so that the C preprocessor
@@ -3513,9 +3513,9 @@
  *	removed.  The elements in inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U) can
  *	be tacked onto this variable to generate a list of directories to search.
  */
-#define SITELIB "/sys/lib/perl/5.15.7/site_perl"		/**/
-#define SITELIB_EXP "/sys/lib/perl/5.15.7/site_perl"		/**/
-#define SITELIB_STEM "/sys/lib/perl/5.15.7/site_perl"		/**/
+#define SITELIB "/sys/lib/perl/5.15.8/site_perl"		/**/
+#define SITELIB_EXP "/sys/lib/perl/5.15.8/site_perl"		/**/
+#define SITELIB_STEM "/sys/lib/perl/5.15.8/site_perl"		/**/
 
 /* Size_t_size:
  *	This symbol holds the size of a Size_t in bytes.
diff --git a/plan9/config_sh.sample b/plan9/config_sh.sample
index f88f435e7a..f5ffe349fa 100644
--- a/plan9/config_sh.sample
+++ b/plan9/config_sh.sample
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ alignbytes='4'
 ansi2knr=''
 aphostname='/bin/uname -n'
 api_revision='5'
-api_subversion='7'
+api_subversion='8'
 api_version='15'
-api_versionstring='5.15.7'
+api_versionstring='5.15.8'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/sys/lib/perl5/5.15.7/386'
-archlibexp='/sys/lib/perl5/5.15.7/386'
+archlib='/sys/lib/perl5/5.15.8/386'
+archlibexp='/sys/lib/perl5/5.15.8/386'
 archname64=''
 archname='386'
 archobjs=''
@@ -722,17 +722,17 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.7/386'
+installarchlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.8/386'
 installbin='/usr/bin'
 installman1dir='/sys/man/1pub'
 installman3dir='/sys/man/2pub'
 installprefix='/usr'
 installprefixexp='/usr'
-installprivlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.7'
+installprivlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.8'
 installscript='/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.7/site_perl/386'
+installsitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.8/site_perl/386'
 installsitebin='/usr/bin'
-installsitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.7/site_perl'
+installsitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.8/site_perl'
 installstyle='lib/perl5'
 installusrbinperl='undef'
 installvendorarch=''
@@ -852,8 +852,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.7'
-privlibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.7'
+privlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.8'
+privlibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.8'
 procselfexe=''
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -918,13 +918,13 @@ sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 sig_num_init='0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 0'
 sig_size='50'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.7/site_perl/386'
+sitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.8/site_perl/386'
 sitearchexp='/sys/lib/perl/site_perl/386'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
-sitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.7/site_perl'
-sitelib_stem='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.7/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.7/site_perl'
+sitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.8/site_perl'
+sitelib_stem='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.8/site_perl'
+sitelibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.8/site_perl'
 siteprefix='/usr'
 siteprefixexp='/usr'
 sizesize='4'
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/sys/include/ape/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='7'
+subversion='8'
 sysman='/sys/man/1pub'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1037,8 +1037,8 @@ vendorlib_stem=''
 vendorlibexp=''
 vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
-version='5.15.7'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 15 subversion 7'
+version='5.15.8'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 15 subversion 8'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 voidflags='15'
@@ -1053,9 +1053,9 @@ config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=15
-PERL_SUBVERSION=7
+PERL_SUBVERSION=8
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=15
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=7
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=8
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 7dbbc210bd..7fbfd73023 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -242,22 +242,14 @@ instead.
 
 =head1 Modules and Pragmata
 
-XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/>
-go here.  If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the
-following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>, which prints stub
-entries to STDOUT.  Results can be pasted in place of the '=head2' entries
-below.  A paragraph summary for important changes should then be added by hand.
-In an ideal world, dual-life modules would have a F<Changes> file that could be
-cribbed.
-
-[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ]
-
 =head2 New Modules and Pragmata
 
 =over 4
 
 =item *
 
+C<PerlIO::mmap> 0.010 has been added to the Perl core.
+
 The C<mmap> PerlIO layer is no longer implemented by perl itself, but has
 been moved out into the new L<PerlIO::mmap> module.
 
@@ -283,6 +275,10 @@ field added in 5.15.4 [perl #108860].
 
 =item *
 
+C<B::Deparse> has been upgraded from version 1.11 to 1.12.
+
+=item *
+
 L<Carp> has been upgraded from version 1.24 to version 1.25.
 
 It now puts a dot after the file and line number, just like errors from
@@ -290,11 +286,11 @@ C<die> [perl #106538].
 
 =item *
 
-L<Compress::Raw::Bzip2> has been upgraded from version 2.045 to version 2.048.
+C<Compress::Raw::Bzip2> has been upgraded from version 2.045 to 2.048.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Compress::Raw::Zlib> has been upgraded from version 2.045 to version 2.048.
+C<Compress::Raw::Zlib> has been upgraded from version 2.045 to 2.048.
 
 =item *
 
@@ -302,257 +298,182 @@ L<Compress::Zlib> has been upgraded from version 2.046 to version 2.048.
 
 =item *
 
-L<CPAN::Meta> has been upgraded from version 2.113640 to version 2.120351.
+C<CPAN::Meta> has been upgraded from version 2.113640 to 2.120351.
 
 Work around a memory leak bug involving version objects in boolean context.
 
 =item *
 
-L<CPAN::Meta::YAML> has been upgraded from version 0.005 to version 0.007.
+C<CPAN::Meta::YAML> has been upgraded from version 0.005 to 0.007.
 
 =item *
 
-L<CPANPLUS> has been upgraded from version 0.9116 to version 0.9118.
+C<CPANPLUS> has been upgraded from version 0.9116 to 0.9118.
 
 =item *
 
-L<CPANPLUS::Dist::Build> has been upgraded from version 0.60 to version 0.62.
+C<CPANPLUS::Dist::Build> has been upgraded from version 0.60 to 0.62.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Data::Dumper> has been upgraded from version 2.135_04 to version 2.135_05.
+C<Data::Dumper> has been upgraded from version 2.135_04 to 2.135_05.
 
 =item *
 
-L<DB_File> has been upgraded from version 1.824 to version 1.826.
+C<DB_File> has been upgraded from version 1.824 to 1.826.
 
 =item *
 
-L<diagnostics> has been upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.
+C<diagnostics> has been upgraded from version 1.27 to 1.28.
 
 When searching for F<perldiag.pod>, it no longer uses paths that were only
 relevant on Perl 5.004 and earlier.
 
 =item *
 
-L<ExtUtils::ParseXS> has been upgraded from version 3.12 to version 3.15.
+C<English> has been upgraded from version 1.04 to 1.05.
+
+=item *
+
+C<ExtUtils::Install> has been upgraded from version 1.57 to 1.58.
+
+=item *
+
+C<ExtUtils::ParseXS> has been upgraded from version 3.12 to 3.16.
 
 The new version comes with important tools for sharing typemaps between
 different CPAN distributions.
 
 =item *
 
-L<File::Copy> has been upgraded from version 2.21 to version 2.23.
+C<File::Copy> has been upgraded from version 2.21 to 2.23.
 
 It no longer emits warnings when copying files with newlines in their names
 [perl #109104].
 
 =item *
 
-L<IPC::Cmd> has been upgraded from version 0.72 to version 0.76.
+C<File::Glob> has been upgraded from version 1.16 to 1.17.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Math::Complex> has been upgraded from version 1.58 to version 1.59.
-
-This avoids a new core warning.
+C<Filter::Util::Call> has been upgraded from version 1.39 to 1.40.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Module::Metadata> has been upgraded from version 1.000007 to version 1.000009.
-
-Adds C<provides> method to generate a CPAN META provides data structure
-correctly; use of C<package_versions_from_directory> is discouraged.
+C<IPC::Cmd> has been upgraded from version 0.72 to 0.76.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Parse::CPAN::Meta> has been upgraded from version 1.4401 to version 1.4402.
+C<Math::Complex> has been upgraded from version 1.58 to 1.59.
 
-=item *
-
-L<perlfaq> has been upgraded from version 5.0150038 to version 5.0150039.
+This avoids a new core warning.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Pod::Functions> has been upgraded from version 1.04 to version 1.05.
+C<Module::Metadata> has been upgraded from version 1.000007 to 1.000009.
 
-F<Functions.pm> is now generated at perl build time from annotations in
-F<perlfunc.pod>. This will ensure that L<Pod::Functions> and L<perlfunc>
-remain in synchronisation.
+Adds C<provides> method to generate a CPAN META provides data structure
+correctly; use of C<package_versions_from_directory> is discouraged.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Pod::Parser> has been upgraded from version 1.37 to version 1.51.
+C<Opcode> has been upgraded from version 1.22 to 1.23.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Term::ReadLine> has been upgraded from version 1.07 to version 1.08.
-
-Term::ReadLine now supports any event loop, including unpubished ones and
-simple L<IO::Select> loops without the need to rewrite existing code for
-any particular framework [perl #108470].
+C<overload> has been upgraded from version 1.17 to 1.18.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Socket> has been upgraded from version 1.97 to version 1.98.
+C<Parse::CPAN::Meta> has been upgraded from version 1.4401 to 1.4402.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Time::HiRes>  has been upgraded from version 1.9724 to version 1.9725.
-
-C<Time::HiRes::stat()> no longer corrupts the Perl stack.
+C<perlfaq> has been upgraded from version 5.0150038 to 5.0150039.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Unicode::UCD> has been upgraded from version 0.39 to 0.40.
+C<Pod::Functions> has been upgraded from version 1.04 to 1.05.
 
-The only change is to fix a formatting error in the Pod.
+F<Functions.pm> is now generated at perl build time from annotations in
+F<perlfunc.pod>. This will ensure that L<Pod::Functions> and L<perlfunc>
+remain in synchronisation.
 
 =item *
 
-L<Version::Requirements> has been upgraded from version 0.101021 to version 0.101022.
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
-
-=over 4
+C<Pod::Html> has been upgraded from version 1.13 to 1.14.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=head1 Documentation
-
-=head2 New Documentation
-
-=head3 L<perlxstypemap>
-
-The new manual describes the XS typemapping mechanism in unprecedented
-detail and combines new documentation with information extracted from
-L<perlxs> and the previously unofficial list of all core typemaps.
-
-=head3 L<XXX>
-
-XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here
-
-=head2 Changes to Existing Documentation
-
-XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here.
-However, any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in the L</Diagnostics>
-section.
-
-=head3 L<XXX>
-
-=over 4
+C<Pod::Parser> has been upgraded from version 1.37 to 1.51.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX Description of the change here
-
-=back
-
-=head1 Diagnostics
-
-The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output,
-including warnings and fatal error messages.  For the complete list of
-diagnostic messages, see L<perldiag>.
-
-XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. Also
-include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code.
+C<POSIX> has been upgraded from version 1.28 to 1.30.
 
-[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry that links to perldiag,
-  e.g.
-
-  =item *
-
-  L<Invalid version object|perldiag/"Invalid version object">
-]
-
-=head2 New Diagnostics
+=item *
 
-XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here
+C<re> has been upgraded from version 0.18 to 0.19.
 
-=head3 New Errors
+=item *
 
-=over 4
+C<Safe> has been upgraded from version 2.30 to 2.31.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
+C<Socket> has been upgraded from version 1.97 to 1.98.
 
-=back
+=item *
 
-=head3 New Warnings
-
-=over 4
+C<Term::Cap> has been upgraded from version 1.12 to 1.13.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
+C<Term::ReadLine> has been upgraded from version 1.07 to 1.08.
 
-=back
+Term::ReadLine now supports any event loop, including unpublished ones and
+simple L<IO::Select> loops without the need to rewrite existing code for
+any particular framework [perl #108470].
 
-=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
+=item *
 
-XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
+C<Time::HiRes> has been upgraded from version 1.9724 to 1.9725.
 
-=over 4
+C<Time::HiRes::stat()> no longer corrupts the Perl stack.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX Describe change here
-
-=back
+C<Unicode::UCD> has been upgraded from version 0.39 to 0.41.
 
-=head1 Utility Changes
+The only change is to fix a formatting error in the Pod.
 
-XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go
-here. Most of these are built within the directories F<utils> and F<x2p>.
+=item *
 
-[ List utility changes as a =head3 entry for each utility and =item
-entries for each change
-Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ]
+C<Version::Requirements> has been upgraded from version 0.101021 to 0.101022.
 
-=head3 L<XXX>
+=item *
 
-=over 4
+C<warnings> has been upgraded from version 1.12 to 1.13.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX
+C<XS::Typemap> has been upgraded from version 0.07 to 0.08.
 
 =back
 
-=head1 Configuration and Compilation
-
-XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools
-go here.  Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here.
-However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the
-L</Platform Support> section, instead.
-
-[ List changes as a =item entry ].
-
-=over 4
+=head1 Documentation
 
-=item *
+=head2 New Documentation
 
-XXX
+=head3 L<perlxstypemap>
 
-=back
+The new manual describes the XS typemapping mechanism in unprecedented
+detail and combines new documentation with information extracted from
+L<perlxs> and the previously unofficial list of all core typemaps.
 
 =head1 Testing
 
-XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be
-listed here.  Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any
-large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added).
-Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarising, although the bugs
-that they represent may be covered elsewhere.
-
-[ List each test improvement as a =item entry ]
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -578,45 +499,8 @@ the core typemaps.
 
 =head1 Platform Support
 
-XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below.
-
-[ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific
-changes as paragraphs below it. ]
-
-=head2 New Platforms
-
-XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous
-versions did not. These will either be enabled by new files in the F<hints/>
-directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the
-source tree.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item XXX-some-platform
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Discontinued Platforms
-
-XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item XXX-some-platform
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
 =head2 Platform-Specific Notes
 
-XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration
-and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility.  However,
-changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the
-L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
-
 =over 4
 
 =item Cygwin
@@ -637,30 +521,8 @@ can now be created freely without causing the VMS linker to seize up.
 
 =back
 
-=head1 Internal Changes
-
-XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here.
-Other significant internal changes for future core maintainers should
-be noted as well.
-
-[ List each change as a =item entry ]
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
 =head1 Selected Bug Fixes
 
-XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarised here.
-Bug fixes in files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarised in
-L</Modules and Pragmata>.
-
-[ List each fix as a =item entry ]
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -717,7 +579,7 @@ such as the KELVIN SIGN.
 =item *
 
 Method calls whose arguments were all surrounded with C<my()> or C<our()>
-(as in C<<$object->method(my($a,$b)) >>) used to force lvalue context on
+(as in C<< $object->method(my($a,$b)) >>) used to force lvalue context on
 the subroutine.  This would prevent lvalue methods from returning certain
 values.  Due to lvalue fixes earlier in the 5.15.x series, it would also
 prevent non-lvalue methods from being called [perl #109264].
@@ -766,14 +628,8 @@ recommendations.  See L<perlfunc/quotemeta> for details.
 
 =head1 Known Problems
 
-XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any
-tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here, unless
-they were specific to a particular platform (see below).
-
 This is a list of some significant unfixed bugs, which are regressions
-from either 5.XXX.XXX or 5.XXX.XXX.
-
-[ List each fix as a =item entry ]
+from either 5.14.0 or 5.15.7.
 
 =over 4
 
@@ -783,11 +639,6 @@ This is a known test failure to be fixed before 5.16.0.
 
 =back
 
-=head1 Obituary
-
-XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary
-here.
-
 =head1 Acknowledgements
 
 Perl 5.15.8 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl 5.15.7
diff --git a/pod/perlhist.pod b/pod/perlhist.pod
index c6b79a59d2..0af399a6e5 100644
--- a/pod/perlhist.pod
+++ b/pod/perlhist.pod
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ the strings?).
  Steve    5.15.5        2011-Nov-20
  Dave R   5.15.6        2011-Dec-20
  BinGOs   5.15.7        2012-Jan-20
+ Max M    5.15.8        2012-Feb-20
 
 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
 
diff --git a/win32/Makefile b/win32/Makefile
index 4e81bd0d27..b6b3da6bb1 100644
--- a/win32/Makefile
+++ b/win32/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ INST_TOP	= $(INST_DRV)\perl
 # versioned installation can be obtained by setting INST_TOP above to a
 # path that includes an arbitrary version string.
 #
-#INST_VER	= \5.15.7
+#INST_VER	= \5.15.8
 
 #
 # Comment this out if you DON'T want your perl installation to have
diff --git a/win32/Makefile.ce b/win32/Makefile.ce
index 070154ee0a..aebadf4f3e 100644
--- a/win32/Makefile.ce
+++ b/win32/Makefile.ce
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 SRCDIR     = ..
 PV         = 59
-INST_VER   = 5.15.7
+INST_VER   = 5.15.8
 
 # INSTALL_ROOT specifies a path where this perl will be installed on CE device
 INSTALL_ROOT=/netzwerk/sprache/perl
diff --git a/win32/makefile.mk b/win32/makefile.mk
index 32cfbf16e0..5a38c85d88 100644
--- a/win32/makefile.mk
+++ b/win32/makefile.mk
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ INST_TOP	*= $(INST_DRV)\perl
 # versioned installation can be obtained by setting INST_TOP above to a
 # path that includes an arbitrary version string.
 #
-#INST_VER	*= \5.15.7
+#INST_VER	*= \5.15.8
 
 #
 # Comment this out if you DON'T want your perl installation to have